Know the People and Places That Make The Peninsula Great
Werner Rogmans, owner of Stanford Floral Design, championed green waste composting. But his small business can no longer afford the city’s $100 monthly composting fees, so his clippings now go to waste.
After 32 years of climbing the ranks at IBM and Apple, Margie Sanchez has her sights set on growing California Solar Screens into a successful entrepreneurial venture.
The Alameda County Transportation Commission has started funding classes that encourage seniors to exercise regularly and walk or use public transit to get to their destinations.
Palo Alto residents fear high-speed rail will destroy the El Palo Alto “Heritage Tree.”
On Oct. 14, protesters gathered at San Jose’s Terraine Courthouse to protest the arrests of 22 medicinal marijuana delivery people in a Sept. 30 police sting.
Karen Morss, a self-proclaimed “Orchardess,” pilots airplanes, pens children’s books and is inventing an iPad application. Yet few things match her devotion to the Meyer lemon.
After protecting her 2-year-old daughter from a robbery in 1982, Susan Manheimer was motivated to become a police officer. She is now the first female police chief in San Mateo.
As chairman of a Silicon Valley medicinal marijuana advocacy group, Lauren Vazquez splits her time working as an attorney and organizing protests for pot. Related news: Weed on Wheels.
After college graduation, Ashlee Evans-Smith had trouble finding a steady job and paying her bills. She couldn’t afford to keep wrestling – the sport she loved – but she recently found hope in mixed martial arts and the kindness of strangers.